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- ↑ Balanoff, Elizabeth (1972). "Negro Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly, July, 1868–February, 1872". The North Carolina Historical Review. 49 (1): 22–55. JSTOR 23529002.
- ↑ Simmons-Henry, Linda; Henry, Philip N.; Speas, Carol (1990). The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. ISBN 9780912081120 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly House of (June 1, 1868). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina". M.S. Littlefield – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The North Carolina Historical Review". North Carolina Historical Commission. June 1, 1972 – via Google Books.
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